Hunts Grove Primary Academy
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Gloucestershire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2015–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Hunts Grove Primary Academy is a primary school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 19 March 2024. Gloucestershire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2015 to 2026 entry.
Hunts Grove Primary Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 4 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, but places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 9 earlier years.
- Reception 2026 had 46 first-choice applications for 47 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 24 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.9 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Gloucestershire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Gloucestershire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Harrier Way, Hunts Grove, Hardwicke, Gloucester, GL2 4EP
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Gloucestershire
- Pupils on roll
- 400 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 19 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to belong at Hunts Grove Primary.”
- “They describe with enthusiasm how everyone works hard to ‘be the best we can be’.”
- “Pupils appreciate how caring and considerate staff are in helping them to learn how to behave appropriately.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as geography, the full curriculum is not yet embedded.”
- “For example, the curriculum does not consistently support pupils to understand how subject-specific ideas develop or how they can be used to gain a deeper understanding.”
- “There are a few pupils who have persistently low attendance.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 46 first-preference applications, 47 offers in total, 46 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Gloucestershire.
- Waterwells Primary Academy 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Hardwicke Parochial Primary Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Haresfield Church of England Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kingsway Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Field Court Junior School 1.2 mi Not judged
- Field Court Church of England Infant Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Beech Green Primary School 1.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Harewood Infant School 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
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